diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index b7f9996e2..80961b453 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ public class PApplet implements PConstants {
    * @see PApplet#keyReleased()
    */
   public boolean keyPressed;
+  int keyPressedCount;
 
   /**
    * The last KeyEvent object passed into a mouse function.
@@ -2934,11 +2935,13 @@ public class PApplet implements PConstants {
 
     switch (event.getAction()) {
     case KeyEvent.PRESS:
+      keyPressedCount++;
       keyPressed = true;
       keyPressed(keyEvent);
       break;
     case KeyEvent.RELEASE:
-      keyPressed = false;
+      keyPressedCount--;
+      keyPressed = (keyPressedCount == 0);
       keyReleased(keyEvent);
       break;
     case KeyEvent.TYPE:
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 10a5623eb..f492e4440 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 0259 (3.3.2)
 X add (far) more efficient file loading for loadBytes(File)
 X add loadBytes(URL) variant that uses content length header for array size
+X keyPressed is false if one key is released while multiple keys are pressed
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/4993
 
 andres
 X Assigning Pixels Vertically Flipped in P2D